Gibbs: Obama Ordering Security Reviews After Airline Attack Appearing on Face The Nation, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said that President Obama has ordered a thorough security review in the wake of the attack on a Northwest Airlines flight. “The president has asked for two reviews to take place as a result of this potential terrorist attack,” Gibbs said. “The first is a watch listing review .. so we want to ensure that all of the information that needs to go to decision makers gets to where it needs to go. The president has asked for a review of the procedures that in some cases are several years old.” The Second review will be of detection capabilities at airports, “to ensure that someone who that might be carrying explosives like this individual was can’t get through a screening stage like they did in Amsterdam.”
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